The New Ethnicity

I know what you might be thinking, no, this is not another blog about how one race has discriminated against my own ethnic minority. This is, in fact, a blog to share my life experiences growing up as an ethnic "mutt" around "pure breeds." I don't know what I hope to accomplish by it. I guess I just want to have other "halfies" join in on my mixed up state of culture/thinking and have a place to share experiences with each other.

I also want to attempt to define my ethnicity and have some pretty funny stories to share about my baba and mommy-dearest.

To start off I'll explain a bit about me. My family roots come from China and America (meaning a big blend of distant relatives from England, France, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, etc. etc. etc.) Other than the occasional Chinese New Year Celebration I didn't consider myself Chinese when a younger child. Of course no young child is aware of much in the world around them. Often children are even immune to the differences between humans and animals.

As I grew up I became increasingly obsessed with all things Asian. My father would translate Chinese shows for us. I remember loving the hit tv series "Monkey Goes West" (as my father translated it; aka Journey to the West)!!! I guess my favorite part of those TV shows was just spending time with my father. I later learned that the Chinese are very dedicated to their education as well as work. My father was not an exception.

My life with my mother has been nothing less of a roller coaster ride. Childhood experiences left me with my father a lot more than my mother. I can still remember loving going to work with my baba and exploring his office. As life went on I became increasingly closer to my mother and I guess my baba took that as the official ween off time for him.

I am now best friends with my mother and, after my mother yelled at my father to be more involved in the kid's lives, I've been able to talk with my father more and more. I've learned a lot from being mulit-ethinic. I wouldn't change it for the world. At times it can be so confusing about where I stand but as I grow up and (hopefully) mature, I learn so many things that I love about life and culture and the human race as a whole.

You will read my findings/stories here. I hope you stay tuned.

PS. I am not a literary genius. Sure I took AP English but that was a while ago. Now I'm just a girl with lots of thoughts on her mind. Feel free to put your thoughts in the comments section. I LOVE getting different points of view on life!!